I have been wanting to do this wood wall for a while. And we just purchased a small house while we search for a lake house. Our home sold in less than a week, I decided to pick a "fixer upper" which I am not so sure of now that I am knee deep in work. In the mist of all the work, I was getting burnt out and needed a "fun" project. Here it is, I love how it turned out.
Originally I wanted solid boards with no cut lines, but when we got the boards I thought that I was getting 12 foot boards and they were 10, so when I had them cut in half to fit in my car they were 5 foot instead of 6. The wall was 34.75 inches so that meant that I had to do cuts. Then I decided to just go for it, and just do random cut lines.
I stained the pine Home Depot boards walnut, then did a wash technique with the wall color. I love how it turned out. It looks almost like old barn wood.
Keep old socks they make great project rags. And you can just toss them when you are done.
I put on a rubber glove and I just stick my hand inside the sock, I did a dry rub stain technique to control the mess, dry time and color. Super easy. Let them dry, it only takes a few minutes.
Then I did the same dry rub system with another sock for the paint.
There was a HUGE hole under the horrible Hollywood light, I decide to just do a coordinating wood piece, under the light bar.
I am going to "frame" this mirror. I wanted to just replace it but they glued it to the wall. Grrrr.
I like how it turned out. Now just to decorate this little room. I am most likely not doing much since this is just an intern house while we look for a retirement lake property.
This home needs a ton of work so I will post as we repair.
Happy Boarding!
